Source: New York Post
“The infamous white Ford Bronco carrying OJ Simpson in a low-speed chase across Los Angeles after the murders of his ex-wife and her friend may finally be up for sale — with the hope of getting at least $1.5 million. The 1993 SUV’s three owners – Simpson’s former agent Michael Gilbert and two friends of longtime pal Al Cowlings, who was behind the wheel June 17, 1994 – told Cllct they plan to cash in on the new interest following last week’s death of the disgraced NFL great. … The three owners told Clict that the last offer they received for the Bronco — which has been on loan to the Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, since 2016 — was $750,000.” (04/15/24)
https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/us-news/ford-bronco-used-in-oj-simpson-chase-up-for-sale/
Source: The Bryan Hyde Show
“If you’ve had or are having an off day, here’s a message you need to hear. Barry Brownstein beautifully describes how making meaning is the antidote to troubled feelings.” (04/15/24)
https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-ckze2-15e0b0e
Source: Cato Institute
by Andrew Gillen
“Historically, the mission of higher education was to preserve, discover and disseminate the truth. While many professors still strive to do so, too many colleges have abandoned this mission, instead seeking to promote social justice narratives. The folly and contradictions inherent in this new mission for higher education have reached absurd heights. Some of these, like the campus celebrations of Hamas’[s] recent massacre and mutilation of Israelis, are well publicized. But others receive far less attention.” (04/15/24)
https://www.cato.org/commentary/rights-old-strategy-higher-education-isnt-working-one-would
Source: Fox News
by Grover Norquist
“Donald Trump has outlined his plans for federal taxation should he be elected. ‘I will make the Trump tax cuts permanent. You know they expire in a year. And we will cut your taxes even more than that,’ he said in a speech in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 14, 2024. Trump made the direction clear. Lower. Biden’s plan calls for a small business tax hike, a corporate tax hike, a capital gains and dividends tax hike, income tax hikes, energy tax hikes and even a second Death Tax on top of the first one. But President Biden has also made his plan clear: He wants to wallop Americans with a $5 trillion tax increase.” (04/15/24)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/massive-tax-increases-coming-second-biden-term
Source: spiked
by CS Strachen
“America sneezes, Britain keels over with influenza. For years, we have imported countless American social and cultural debates, be it on race or abortion. Political issues that divide Americans are almost always assumed to be relevant here. But this is not necessarily the case. Look no further than the growing opposition to opioids in Britain. In the US, opioid use is a blight on society. But to tens of thousands of British patients who suffer from a disability, opioids are the difference between leading a productive life and leading no life at all. This increased suspicion of opioids in the UK is therefore deeply concerning.” (04/15/24)
https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/04/15/in-defence-of-opioids/
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Coral around the world is turning white and even dying as recent record ocean heat takes a devastating toll. It has triggered the fourth global mass coral bleaching event, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Bleaching happens when coral gets stressed and turns white because the water it lives in is too hot. Coral sustains ocean life, fishing, and creates trillions of dollars of revenue annually. Ocean heat records have been falling for months but this is the first global evidence of how this episode is affecting sea life. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed the mass stress in all oceans (the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean) after weeks of receiving reports from scientists globally.” (04/15/24)
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68814016
Source: The Atlantic
by Claire Finkelstein & Richard W Painter
“Next Thursday, former President Donald Trump’s lawyers will argue before the U.S. Supreme Court that he is immune to all criminal charges against him arising from acts he committed while president. It is no exaggeration to say that this argument — that a president is permanently immune to criminal prosecution for any crimes committed in his official capacity — is the most dangerous assertion any official or former official has ever made in a U.S. courtroom. Should this argument be adopted by the Court, a president would have license to make use of the U.S. military to subvert democracy in multiple ways …. A less appreciated danger, but one that would present itself with greater regularity, is the weakening of the military chain of command, and with it civilian control of the U.S. armed forces.” (04/15/24)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/04/presidential-immunity-supreme-court-trump/678050/
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Anyone who wants the US and its allies to attack Iran is a psychopath. People who want to unleash a war of that scale upon our species should be rejected from our society as aggressively as child molesters and Nazis. … A new CNN report says multiple Biden administration officials ‘saw Iran’s attacks on Israel Saturday as disproportionate to Israel’s strikes in Damascus that prompted the retaliation.’ There are zero reported fatalities as a result of the Iranian retaliation. The Israeli strikes on the Iranian embassy in Damascus killed 16 people, including multiple high-level Iranian military officials. To see Iran’s response as ‘disproportionate’ is to admit you believe Israeli lives are worth literally orders of magnitude more than Iranian lives.” (04/15/24)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2024/04/15/anyone-who-wants-the-us-to-attack-iran-is-an-enemy-of-humanity/
Source: My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
“Election 1916: ‘Everything is Different.'” (04/15/24)
https://myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.wordpress.com/2024/04/15/election-1916-everything-is-different/
Source: Reason
by JD Tuccille
“It won’t give him back the years he’s spent in confinement, but WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may finally get a bit of justice after years of persecution for embarrassing U.S. officials. Under pressure from the government of the journalist’s home country of Australia, President Joe Biden said he’s ‘considering’ dropping the case against Assange. It’s been a long time coming, but such a move would be welcomed not just by the prisoner, but by people everywhere who scrutinize government conduct.” (04/15/24)
https://reason.com/2024/04/15/biden-hints-at-freedom-for-julian-assange/
